October 4th-9th, 2011 | Chattanooga, TN

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to have the Southeast Wilderness Medicine Conference back in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this coming fall from October 4th to the 9th, and part of RiverRocks, Chattanooga’s signature outdoor festival celebrating the active lifestyle sought by and enjoyed by thousands each year.

Look at the outstanding line-up of presentations, workshops and world class faculty that will assist you in increasing your awareness of medical problems unique to the wilderness environment, gain knowledge and skills of how to prevent, diagnose and manage illnesses or injuries in the wilderness environment and create awareness of safety and accident prevention in the wilderness surrounding.

I look forward to seeing you this coming fall!

Chris Moore, MD
Program Director

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT TO DO IN CHATTANOOGA:
www.riverrockschattanooga.com
www.outdoorchattanooga.com
www.chattanoogafun.com

Program Director

Chris Moore, MD,

Director, Wilderness & Event Medicine, Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee Chattanooga College of Medicine, Life Member, Wilderness Medicine Society

Faculty

Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS

Redlich Family Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine, Founder and past president, Wilderness Medical Society, Editor emeritus, Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, Editor, Wilderness Medicine Author, Medicine for the Outdoors

Brad Bennett, PhD, NREMT-P, WEMT,

FAWM Captain, US Navy (Ret); Adjunct Asst. Professor, Uniformed Services University; Co-Director, Academy of Wilderness Medicine; Board Member, Wilderness Medical Society, Past Editor-in-Chief, WMS Education Lecture Series, Tactical Medical Consultant, Bena, VA.

Michael Callahan, MD, DTM&H (UK), MSPH

Assoc Physician, Div of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital; Program Manager, Bio-Defense & Mass Casualty Care, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Washington, DC

Richard Cook, PA

Technical Director, Medical Surgical SkillsLab, UT College of Medicine Chattanooga

Howard Donner, MD

Member, 1997 NOVA Everest Expedition; NASA Consultant; Expedition physician 1988 Kangchenjunga (28,121’) Expedition, Medical Officer, Denali Medical Research Project; Co-author, Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine

Lance Ferguson, MD

President of American College of Eye Surgeons, Board Member, Wilderness Medical Society; Private practice, Lexington, KY

Luanne Freer, MD

Past President, Wilderness Medical Society; Medical Director, Yellowstone National Park;Founder/Director, Everest ER, Nepal

Seth Hawkins, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Emergency Physician, Mountain Emergency Physicians, Morganton, NC; Medical Director, Burke Cnty EMS’s Special Operations Team, Associate Professor, Western Carolina University; Senior Editor, Wilderness Medicine Magazine

Tony Islas, MD, MPH, FAWM

President, Wilderness Medical Society, CAO-Sports Medicine; Associate Professor, Dept of Family & Community Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech, El Paso, TX

Eric Johnson, MD, FAWM

Past President, Wilderness Medicine Society; St. Alphonsus Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine (Boise, ID); Emergency services for Teton Valley Health Care (Driggs, ID) & Katabatic Consulting & Technical Svcs, Inc; Medical Advisor, Global Rescue, LLC; NAUI Instructor

Peter Kummerfeldt

Owner & Chief Instructor, Outdoor-Safe Inc; Past Survival Training Instructor, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

Jay Lemery, MD, FACEP, FAWM

President-Elect, Wilderness Medical Society; Asst. Professor, Emergency Medicine,Weill Cornell Medical College, NY; Visiting Scientist, FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health

Sheryl Olson, RN, BSN

Owner 7 Wilderness Medicine Educator, WildernessWise; Former Flight Nurse; Flight Crew Survival Instructor; Wilderness Adventure Guide; Manitou Springs, CO

Robert Quinn, MD

Professor Orthopaedic Surgery; Vice-Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Director Orthopaedic Residency Program; Director of Orthopaedic Oncology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Ben C. Smith, MD

Faculty and Director of Emergency Ultrasound UT College of Medicine Chattanooga

David Wharton, MD

Professor, UT College of Medicine Chattanooga, Emergency Medicine Residency; Medical Director, Hamilton County (TN) Cave & Cliff Rescue; Chief Medical Officer, Chattanooga SWAT; Chief Medical Officer, TN-1 DMAT

This year’s conference will be held in conjunction with the RiverRocks Outdoor Festival.

RiverRocks is “play with
a purpose.” More than
ninety events offer a full
complement of adventure
activities - by air, land and
water. Whether you have
a passion for paddling or
pedaling, love ropes and rocks or would rather hang glide or hike, this festival is for you. Expert competition as well as gentle thrills for casual participants of all ages await you at RiverRocks. In addition, the 10-day event will also feature entertainment, live music, hot air balloons, river cruises and more.

And, after all of the fun, RiverRocks will distribute half of the proceeds collected during the event to area land trusts and conservancies.

The RiverRocks Southeast Wilderness Medical Conference is supported by the Wilderness Medical Society. The Academy of Wilderness Medicine has approved this program and will award FAWM Credit.